Belkis Wille
Belkis Wille is an associate director with the Crisis, Conflict, and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch. In her previous role as a senior researcher within the division, she spearheaded the organization’s work investigating the harms stemming from personal data collection, including biometrics, in humanitarian contexts. This work has included investigations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, and Kenya. She has also led the organization’s work on the preservation of taken-down social media content that is vital to war crimes investigations. Since February 2022, she has been documenting laws of war violations in Ukraine. Before taking up the role, Wille worked for three and a half years as Human Rights Watch’s senior Iraq researcher, and before that she was the Kuwait, Qatar, and Yemen researcher, based in Sanaa, for three and a half years. Previously, Wille worked with the World Organisation Against Torture in Libya. Wille received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, her graduate diploma in law from City University London, and her LLM in human rights and humanitarian law from the University of Essex. She speaks English, German, French, and Arabic.
Articles Authored
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March 6, 2017
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February 4, 2017
“We Escaped from Prison, Just to be Put in Another Prison”
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January 11, 2017
The Plight of Those Related to ISIS Fighters
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January 6, 2017
Integrating Iraqi Fighting Forces Is Not Enough
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January 3, 2017
Kurdish Officials Shut Down Group Aiding Yezidis
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December 8, 2016
‘Precision Strike’ On Iraqi Hospital Should Be Investigated
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November 24, 2016
Iraqi Kurds’ Dangerous Game
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November 16, 2016
Mosul's Displaced are Still Cut Off from the World
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November 16, 2016
For Iraq's Sunni Arabs, You Can't Go Home Again
Reports Authored
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“The Massalit Will Not Come Home”
Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan
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“We Had No Choice”
“Filtration” and the Crime of Forcibly Transferring Ukrainian Civilians to Russia
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“No One Represents Us”
Lack of Access to Political Participation for People With Disabilities in Iraq
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“Life Without a Father is Meaningless”
Arbitrary Arrests and Enforced Disappearances in Iraq 2014-2017